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Low-cost crew calling launches round-the-clock

30-09-2009 - Ships' crew can now make cheap rate phone calls 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with FleetBroadband, making it easier to stay in touch with home.

Enhanced Super Quiet Time (ESQT) is a new service from Inmarsat that allows mariners to phone family and friends at reduced cost using pre-paid cards.

It is available on all FleetBroadband terminals - FB500, FB250 and FB150 - from 1 October.

Crew welfare
Inmarsat maritime market manager Kartik Sinha said: "This evolution of our FleetBroadband proposition puts the focus firmly on crew welfare.

"For mariners spending long periods at sea, being able to make lower cost voice calls to family and friends whenever they want will really raise morale.

"It is also another benefit of FleetBroadband to ship owners and managers, who recognise the importance of having a happy crew."

Inmarsat's Super Quiet Time crew calling is a long-established service for seafarers, offering reduced-cost voice calls from 18:00 UTC to 06:00 UTC on weekdays, and 24 hours a day on weekends and during special promotion periods.

It will continue to be available on Fleet, Mini M and Inmarsat B.

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